The Fat and Thin Immortal Children; a Five-Thousand-Year Ice Sword Tiger
Xiao Wu looked at Lu Ning with her pink eyes.
Those hands were trembling slightly from the cold.
"If this guy goes to the Far North, he probably has some special abilities, right?"
"At that time..."
"Don't let someone else use your cup first."
Xiao Wu said it half-jokingly.
Lu Ning reached out and touched her snow-white neck, feeling the cold.
"Then be careful."
I don't want things that other people have used.
Xiao Wu could only roll her eyes in protest.
Not long after.
The Wretched Man led three figures toward them. One of them was thin, with a cold expression and unwilling to speak. His eyes were fixed straight ahead, but they showed no emotion, as if he had seen life and death many times before.
The other man was obese and did not look like a man from the Northern Border at all. He had a fawning smile on his face, grinning at everyone he met, and even chuckling at the air.
Upon seeing the two, Xiao Wu immediately uttered the appropriate terms of address.
"The Fat and Thin Immortal Children!?"
The two men were one fat and one thin.
The title is truly fitting.
Lu Ning, however, was looking at the last person next to the Wretched Man.
The person was dressed in an ice-blue brocade robe, with white fox fur around her snow-white neck for warmth. The robe perfectly concealed her figure, and her peerless face was cool and aloof, unlike Zhu Zhuqing's coldness.
The feigned maturity clashed terribly with her youthful face.
The more Lu Ning looked at her, the more familiar she seemed.
That face...
Shui Bing'er from the Skywater Academy!?
Shui Bing'er nodded slightly to Lu Ning.
His gaze fell upon the three people.
This suggests that something is amiss with these three people.
No need for further words.
Lu Ning had no intention of striking up a conversation. His gaze began to sized up the Fat and Thin Immortal Children brought by the Wretched Man. The Fat and Thin Immortal Children had similar Soul Power to the Wretched Man, both being Soul King level experts.
With this kind of strength, they can practically dominate the periphery in the summer.
But this autumn, they want to get into the Inner Area.
That's obviously impossible.
That Wretched Man.
There was no intention to bring them into the Inner Area.
Hehehe.
Let's get to know each other a bit.
"Then we prepared to depart."
The Wretched Man was the first to be introduced.
His Martial Soul is a plant from the Far North, which excels in control and defense. His Soul Ring Configuration white, yellow, purple, purple, purple, the most classic configuration for ordinary people. It is normal that he did not hunt for a black Soul Ring for his fifth Soul Ring ring.
After all, Qin Ming from the Shrek Academy had a purple fifth Soul Ring.
The Martial Soul of the Fat and Thin Immortal Children were even stranger.
The fat one is the Black Water Turtle, and the other one is the Ice Long Spear.
Clearly, one is on offense and the other on defense.
Control, offense, and defense—this trio can handle over 90% of Soul Master; no wonder they dare to swindle and cheat in the Far North.
Lu Ning didn't introduce himself in much detail.
He simply took out his Wine Gourd Martial Soul and shook it gently twice.
He claimed to be a Power Attack System Soul Ancestor.
The Wretched Man didn't hesitate.
At most, Lu Ning is only a Soul Ancestor in age. He's selective in his swindling and deception. Even if Lu Ning Tian, what does it matter if he's a Soul King hiding his strength?
This is the Northern Border. These three Northern Border Soul Master have the advantage of terrain; how could they possibly suffer an unexpected defeat?
At most, let this kid try to get a snag.
"Okay, okay."
They're all geniuses.
The Wretched Man sized up Shui Bing'er and Xiao Wu.
The praise continued.
It just doesn't sound like a praise of talent.
The six people headed towards the Far North.
The Mercenary Corps leader, who had previously warned Lu Ning, shook his head upon seeing the departing figures.
He spoke to the teammate beside him.
"Let's wait here for a couple more days."
"Old Ghost has found a new fat sheep."
"I reckon we'll find quite a few good things."
After entering the Far North.
The Wretched Man, whom the Mercenary Corps leader called "Old Ghost," slowed his pace and occasionally chatted with Lu Ning and the others. "Young men, where are you from?"
"Heaven Dou City? That's a great place. I've heard it's a very good place, with many nobles. Were your ancestors nobles too?"
Old Ghost chuckled as he inquired about Lu Ning's background.
Lu Ning nodded slightly.
Without any hesitation.
I guess so.
The greed in the Old Ghost's eyes had not disappeared.
On the contrary, it became even more prevalent.
I'm not afraid to inquire about their background.
Instead, they were weighing just how fat these two sheep really were.
The control of the nobles of the Heaven Dou Empire obviously could not extend to this Far North. If they really had a powerful background, they could simply finish this job and then change the entrance. There must be a hundred or so entrances like this town outside the Far North.
"It's good to be a noble."
"With elders at home to help, at least I don't have to risk my life when hunting for Soul Ring."
"Come here, young man."
"Let's have a drink, this damn weather is freezing!"
Old Ghost handed the wine jug to Lu Ning.
To show that there was nothing wrong with the wine pot, he even took a sip himself first.
But Lu Ning was even less prepared than he had imagined.
He picked up the wine jug without even glancing at him, and drank it down in one gulp. After finishing, he exclaimed that it was good wine, and didn't even bother to return the jug to him.
The Old Ghost's smile remained unchanged.
I just stared at the white snow in front of me.
"From here on, we've entered the outer area. There aren't any established Soul Beast tribes around here; at most, you'll find some Thousand-Year Soul Beast wandering around. If you're unlucky, you might encounter one that's just entered the ten-thousand-year stage."
"Oh, right."
There's something you might not know.
"The Soul Beast in this Far North are different from those in your southern region's Star Dou Great Forest and Soul Beast Sunset Forest. The temperature here is similar, and if White Disaster really strikes, Soul Beast of all ages could appear."
Therefore, not many people dare to venture into the Far North.
"Those who manage to come out alive are extremely rare."
Old Ghost Youyou spoke slowly, "Speaking of this, I have to mention what happened last year."
Xiao Wu and Shui Bing'er were drawn to him by the tone of his storytelling.
The Fat and Thin Immortal Children led the way.
"Last year, a Soul Master also asked us to go to the Far North. He came to find some Ice Silkworm to rescue people. You know Ice Silkworm, right? It's at the bottom of the food chain in the Far North, the weakest Soul Beast, basically food for humans and other Soul Beast."
"Strangely, this guy also wants to find Ice Silkworm that are over a thousand years old. We've never heard of any use for them, but since he asked for a high price, we brought him in anyway."
"But that night..."
Just as the Old Ghost's story was about to take a turn, the Fat Fairy Boy in front suddenly chuckled, "Old Ghost, stop talking. It seems there's Thousand-Year Soul Beast ahead, a five-thousand-year-old Ice Sword Tiger. This winter might be coming sooner than we expected."
How so?
Should we take it down or go around it?
The Fat Fairy Boy spoke in a consultative tone.
Old Ghost calmly replied, "Of course we'll kill it. We came to the Far North to make money; what if this Ice Sword Tiger drops Soul Bone?"
"Young man, don't you think so?"
Before Lu Ning could answer, the Fat Fairy Boy chimed in as if he had been expecting it, "That's true, but shouldn't we three Soul King wait until we enter the Inner Area to use our Soul Power?"
"What if Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast appears?"
"Why don't you three little guys discuss who should take care of this Ice Sword Tiger?"
The two sang in harmony.
They were clearly trying to test the three's true strength.
Facing a 5,000-year-old Soul Beast, especially a tiger-type Soul Beast, will surely allow us to find out its true nature!